To date, Vinny Samways is the only player ever to be used by not being used. During Tottenham’s 3-1 win over rivals Arsenal in a 1991 FA Cup semi-final, Samways played a crucial part in Spurs’ third goal by running 60 yards while yelling to Gary Lineker for a pass that never came. Lineker, who scored in every game, opted to dissect the Arsenal defence and beat David Seaman himself rather than pass to Samways, who had begun to bellow ‘Samways needs this’ and ‘You don’t want me to end up at Walsall do you?’